Storm Bowling vs Bowling Ball Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Storm Bowling
Enhance your bowling game with expert instruction and tools. Access courses on ball technology, strategy, and mental game. Manage your bowling ball arsenal and track your collection.
- Storm University courses
- Bowling 101 video tips
- Bowling ball arsenal management
- Tournament bag ball selection
- Ball serial number tracking
- Personal notes for balls
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Welcome to the Storm Bowling App! Designed for bowlers of all skill levels, our app brings together everything you need to elevate your game in one place. Explore Storm University, where the brightest minds at Storm HQ teach you about modern bowling ball technology, mental game fundamentals, lane play strategies, and much more. Courses are available for purchase individually or as a complete bundle. Stay sharp with Bowling 101, a hub of video content featuring tips and insights from Storm's national touring professionals and ball designers to help you with every aspect of your game. Build and manage your Arsenal with ease — track your entire Storm bowling ball collection, select balls for your tournament bag, add serial numbers, and keep personal notes, all at your fingertips. The Storm Bowling App is your all-in-one companion for becoming a better bowler.
Bowling Ball Builder
This app helps bowlers select the ideal bowling ball for any lane condition. It calculates key ball specifications and recommends layouts and surfaces based on your performance data.
- Lane pattern analysis
- Bowling ball specification calculation
- Recommended dual angle layout
- Coverstock material suggestions
- Personalized arsenal creation
- Player stat input for fine-tuning
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Welcome to the Bowling Ball Arsenal Builder, powered by The Paddock App. The Bowling Ball Arsenal Builder was designed for anyone who bowls to help eliminate the guesswork of finding a bowling ball for any given lane pattern. This app will point you in the proper direction by calculating the RG, Differential, Core Shape, and Coverstock Material giving you the best possible bowling ball for the lane pattern. The app will provide you with a recommended Dual Angle Layout and Ball Surface. You can also enter your RPM rate, Axis Tilt, Axis Rotation, and Launch Speed to fine tune the bowling ball, Dual Angle Layout, and Ball Surface. Using your RPM Rate, Axis Tilt, Axis Rotation, and Launch Speed and the Bowling Ball Arsenal Builder will create a 3-ball, 6-Ball, 9-Ball, or 12-Ball arsenal for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Storm Bowling at Free against Bowling Ball Builder's $0.99. Storm Bowling also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). Bowling Ball Builder's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Storm Bowling is free to download; Bowling Ball Builder costs $0.99 up front. Storm Bowling sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bowling Ball Builder asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bowling Ball Builder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Storm Bowling has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Storm Bowling's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bowling Ball Builder's.
Storm Bowling ships an update every 4 weeks, Bowling Ball Builder every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Storm Bowling | Bowling Ball Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luis Rodriguez | Gary Faulkner |
Customer experience
Storm Bowling
Bowling Ball Builder
In-app purchases
Storm Bowling
- Mental Game$49.99
- Ball Mapping Basics$49.99
- Ball Physix$49.99
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- Lane Play$49.99
Bowling Ball Builder
No in-app purchases
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